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Open the doors wide…

April 21st, 2010 by naren bedide

The rivers are solidifying

the mountains are flowing

open the doors wide…

 

This is not the time of the rising sun

this is the hour of the blazing sun

it's difficult to keep the eyes closed

 

There are only whilrwinds and storms here

and no breezes or drizzles

 

You won't hear the tinkle of the anklets now

or the sitar music of gentle breezes

 

There's only an endless roll of drums

for now, they might be diverse voices

so what? They're all defiant voices!

Friend!

Now, here

the waves are crossing the shore

open the doors wide…

they'll flow into you

or they'll cross you too.

 

My translation of the Telugu poem 'talupulu bArlA teru…' (from the 1996 collection of Dalit poetry 'padunekkina pATa') by Jugash Vili.

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